TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE EASTERN FRONT

Written:Written on June 9, 1919Published:First published inPravdaNo. 21, January 21, 1937.

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Thesame directiveto be issued throughthe Central Committee

Lashevich,Yurenev, Gusev, Rozengolts,Smirnov, Muralov

RevolutionaryMilitary Council, Eastern Front

Seriousworsening of the situation near Petrograd and
the break-through in the South oblige us again and again
to take troops from your front. We cannot do otherwise.
You must go over to more revolutionary forms of military
work, cutting through the usual methods. Mobilise in the
front-line area everyone between 18 and 45 en masse, give
them the task of capturing the nearest big works like
Motovilikha, Minyar, promising to let them go when they have
captured these places, assigning two or three men per
rifle, calling on them to drive Kolchak out of the Urals.
Mobilise 75 per cent of members of the Party and the trade
unions. There is no other way out, you must go over to
revolutionary methods. Discuss in part with Kamenev how
to carry this out, and reply what you are undertaking.